Twelve thousand people were prosecuted for infringing on intellectual property rights last year, about 64 times the number in 1999, reflecting China's constant improvement in IPR protection, the head of the Supreme People's Procuratorate said.
The Government Work Report listed major targets for 2021, such as GDP growth, employment, healthcare and rural revitalization.
China will strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights -- with IPR protection stressed in the Government Work Report delivered at the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress on March 5.
The year 2020 was an extraordinary year for the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration, or SIPA.
The Regulations of the Shanghai Municipality on Intellectual Property Protection -- the first comprehensive set of local regulations on IP protection in East China's Shanghai city -- were formally implemented on March 1.
The national-level Intellectual Property Court in Beijing has accepted 5,121 cases, with 4,220 of them concluded since its establishment in 2019, according to a report released by the Court on Feb 26.
Fourteen people from influential video portal YYeTs, which offered over 20,000 overseas films and television series with Chinese subtitles, were detained recently for copyright infringement, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau said on Feb 3.
The high level of attention the central leadership attaches to the protection of intellectual property rights shows that they have a significant role in both domestic development as well as the current international situation, said a leading expert in the field.
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